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MetLife to acquire PineBridge Investments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2025
... expense ratio target, and free cash flow of US$25 billion. MetLife said the acquisition of PineBridge will represent the tactical advancement of the strategy by adding "significant scale" to its asset management arm, which is set to increase to over ...

Remara launches real estate strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024
... McVeigh said. Remara has some $1.6 billion in funds under management, invested across private credit, real estate, and tactical opportunities. "We have developed the fund and investment strategy to outperform on a growth basis over a long horizon in ...

End of the road for three Franklin Templeton funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2024
... strategies failed to scale assets under management (AUM). The funds are Martin Currie Diversified Income Fund, Martin Currie Tactical Allocation Fund, and Western Asset Macro Opportunities Bond Fund. The two Martin Currie funds shut on August 22 as Franklin ...

ART appoints chief financial officer, promotes managers

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2024
... allocation, Hall leads a team of quantitative and fundamental researchers within investment strategy, which is responsible for tactical and long-run asset allocation and risk modeling. Like Lo, Hall is a long-serving ART investment professional. He came ...

AMP MySuper options power past double-digit returns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024
... and global markets. AMP chief investment officer Anna Shelley said that over the last six months, its portfolios had a tactical overweight to US equities, which saw strong returns as the funds outperformed their benchmarks. "We have been increasing our ...

How to win in today's wealth management industry: EY

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
... sustainable routes to organic outperformance in asset and revenue growth, requiring a blend of strategic, operational, and tactical initiatives. It also means new approaches to client acquisition, activation and development, stronger brand differentiation ...

Regal shutters East Point AM

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2024
... range of Regal Funds Management strategies including Absolute Return, Market Neutral, Australian Small Companies and Tactical Opportunities," Regal said. As of January 1, the rebate on management and performance fees for staff capital managed in respect ...

Why BlackRock is taking a risk-on view

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2024
... nearing interest rate cuts and solid corporate earnings will support "cheery risk sentiment". As such, it has tweaked its tactical views and is staying firmly on the pro-risk side. "Central bank activity last week gave markets the thumbs up to stay upbeat. ...

Family offices choose private credit: Survey

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024
... investment officers. "We learned from our conversations that many chief investment officers are now finally making a tactical wager that they can use private credit to exceed their hurdle rates, many of which are in the 10% plus range," KKR said. "We ...

Fund selectors harbour AI bubble fears, affirm belief in its longevity

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2024
... especially in Asia (79%), EMEA (66%), and the UK (58%). To navigate this, fund selectors are fine-tuning strategies with tactical adjustments within asset classes. The survey also highlighted a decade-long effort by wealth managers to balance active ...